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Unit 1 Teenage Life
Reading and Thinking
Is it similar to Chinese high school life?
Different subjects, different learning environment …
Lead-in
Let’s watch a video: a day of an American high school student.
Adam
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1. Read the text quickly and find the main idea of each paragraph.
Going from junior high school to senior high school
is a really big challenge. The first week was a little confusing.
First, I had to think very carefully about which courses I wanted to take. The school adviser helped me choose the suitable ones: maths, English, chemistry, world history, and Chinese. I know that Chinese is a very difficult language, but I hope to be fluent when I graduate. My adviser recommended that I should sign up for advanced literature because
I like English and I’m good at it.
Obviously, I was unhappy, but I won’t quit. I’ll find a way to improve on my own so that I can make the team next year. I joined a volunteer club instead. Every Wednesday, we work at a soup kitchen and hand out food to homeless people in the community.
I know I’ll have to study harder as a senior high school student and get used to being responsible for a lot more. I’m a bit worried about keeping up with the other students in my advanced course, and it’ll be quite difficult to get used to all the homework. Still, I’m happy to be here. Studying hard isn’t always fun, but I’ll be well prepared for university or whatever else comes in the future.
I had to choose extra-curricular activities, too. I tried
to join the school football team, but the coach told me
that I didn’t play well enough.
Skim
You can find main ideas by
first taking a quick look at the
title, picture(s), key words and
phrases, and topic sentences.
The topic sentence is normally, but not always, the first sentence of a paragraph.
It gives the main idea of the paragraph.
Fast-reading
Reading for main ideas
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Read for structure
Senior high school is a challenge.
Adam had to choose extra-curricular activities.
Adam will have to study harder and get used
to being responsible for a lot more.
Adam had to choose courses carefully.
Para 1
Para 2
Para 3
Para 4
Para. 1
Para. 2
Para. 3
Para. 4
Para. 4
Para. 1
Para. 2
Para. 3
Para. 1
Para. 2
Para. 3
Para. 4
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How did Adam feel in the first week
at senior high school?
Let’s explore Adam’s challenges!
First, I had to think very carefully about which courses I wanted to take. The school adviser helped me choose the suitable ones:maths, English, chemistry, world history, and Chinese. I know that Chinese is a very difficult language, but I hope to be fluent when I graduate. My adviser recommended that I should sign up for advanced literature
because I like English and I’m good at it.
Para 2
The school adviser helped him choose the suitable courses.
2.Who helped him?
4.Is he good at Chinese?
He is good at English.
3.Which subject is he good at?
1.Did Adam choose courses by his own?
Read for more details
No
1.Why did Adam join the volunteer club?
2.What will he do next year?
He tried to join the football club, but he was refused.
Improve on his own so that he can make the team next year.
I had to choose extra-curricular activities, too. I tried to join the school football team, but the coach told me that I didn’t play well enough. Obviously, I was unhappy, but I won’t quit. I’ll find a way to improve on my own so that I can make the team next year. I joined a volunteer club instead. Every Wednesday, we work at a soup kitchen and hand out food to homeless people in the community.
Para 3
Read for more details
Study harder and be more responsible
1.What is Adam worried about?
2. How to deal with it?
I know I’ll have to study harder as a senior high school student and get used to being responsible for a lot more. I’m a bit worried about keeping up with the other students in my advanced course, and it’ll be quite difficult to get used to all the homework. Still, I’m happy to be here. Studying hard isn’t always fun, but
I’ll be well prepared for university or whatever else comes in the future.
Para 4
Read for more details
3.Is Adam confident that he will get used to senior high school life??
1. Complete the outline.
Para Challenge Feeling Solution
1 confused
2 Choosing __________courses The school adviser____________
___________________________
3 He will find a way to ____________
______________________________
4 He will_______________________
_____________________________
_____________________________
Going from junior high school to senior high school
suitable
serious/
careful
helped him
choose suitable courses.
making the school football team
unhappy
improve on his own and make the team next year.
Keeping up with the other students in his advanced course & getting used to all the homework.
worried
happy
confident
get well prepared for university or whatever else comes in the future.
Post-reading
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Adam’s Feeling
a really big challenge
confused
Challenge1:
Choosing suitable courses
anxious
Challenge2:Joining the football team
unhappy
Challenge3:
Keeping up with the others and getting used to homework
worried
take it seriously
not discouraged
positive
confident
Read for fEELINGS
1. I know that Chinese is a very difficult language, but I hope to be fluent when I graduate.
2.Obviously, I was unhappy, but I won’t quit.
3.Studying hard isn’t always fun, but I’ll be well prepared for university .....
brave
positive/
active/persistent
determined/confident
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Further Thinking
What other challenges are you facing in high school ?
How do you deal with them?
Post-reading
Break The Impression
Discuss in groups & Share one of your challenges (+ feelings & solutions)
Challenges
Feelings
Solutions
... is a really big challenge for me.
I’m a bit worried about ... .
I have difficulty in doing sth.
...
confused/ anxious/ unhappy
but
positive/ confident/ determined ...
sb. recommend that I should do sth., because ... .
I’ll find a way to do sth. so that ... .
I’ll be well prepared for ... .
...
---- Further Discussion
Wise man will not sit down and cry for the failure, they must be looking for ways to save them with optimism.
智者不会坐下来为失败而哭泣,他们一定要乐观地寻找拯救失败的方法。
----William Shakespeare
Always believe that
something wonderful is
about to happen. Be positive, brave and determined.
words and expressions
1. 接收/面对挑战:
2. 学校顾问:
3.某人对某事是合适的:
4. 报名参加...
5. 高级文学:
6. 加入学校足球队
7. 对...很擅长:
8. 课外活动:
9. 显然: =(句型):
take up / face a challenge
a school adviser
sb be suitable for...
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join the school football team
sign up for sth
advanced literature
be good at sth/ be expert in sth
extra-curricular activity
obviously= It is obvious that...
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10. 找到做某事的方法
11. 成为队伍中的一员:
12.分发:
13. 习惯于做某事: 过去常常做某事:
14. 对...负责: 承担起对...的责任:
15. 跟上: 赶上:
16. 对...做好准备:
make the team
hand out
get used to doing
used to do
be responsible for
take responsibility for
keep up with
catch up with
be/ get well(fully) prepared for...
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find a way to do sth
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1. Going from junior high school to senior high school is a really big challenge.
注意:单个的动名词短语作主语,谓语动词用单数形式。
e.g. Seeing is believing. (谚)百闻不如一见。
Reading outside school is necessary and important in learning English.
Drawing and playing football are what I took interest in as a teenager.
句型探究
拓展:v-ing作主语时,有时可以用it做形式主语,真正主语在句尾。
搭配: It is no use/ useless doing sth. 做某事没有用处。
It is no good doing sth. 做某事没有好处。
It is a waste of time doing sth. 做某事是浪费时间。
e.g.It is no use learning a theory without practice.
It is a waste of time arguing with him.
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2. I’ll find a way to improve on my own so that I can make the team next year.
so that 以至于;结果
1) so that引导目的状语从句,从句中常有can, could, may, might等情态动词。 可与in order that,in order to,so as to 等形式进行互换,
e.g. Let’s not pick these peaches until this weekend so that they get sweet enough to be eaten.
2) so that引导结果状语从句,表示“因此,所以”,常用逗号与主句隔开。
e.g. Stephen was excellent in many ways, so that he got the job.
I often found myself telling my mom to drive more slowly, _______ (以便) I could read all of the road signs we passed.
so that
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3.I'm a bit worried about keeping up with the other students in my advanced course, and it'll be quite difficult to get used to all the homework.
句型(一): It is/was +adj.+(for sb) to do sth
句中的形容词通常是表示重要性、紧迫性、频繁程度、难易、安全等情况的形容词。常见的此类形容词有important, necessary, common, normal,natural, hard, difficult, easy, safe, dangerous, impossible, pleasant等。
e.g.It is impossible for us to finish the work on time.
It is important for her to come to the party.
句型(二): It is/was +adj.+(of sb) to do sth
常用的形容词多为形容逻辑主语品质、特性的词,如clever, wise, bright, silly, foolish, stupid, kind, cruel, right, wrong等。
e.g.It is kind of you to help me.你能帮助我真是太好了。
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牛刀小试
①It is impossible _____________ (concentrate) if you are tense or nervous.
② _______is necessary to learn a foreign language.
③It is highly necessary ________our government to stop the official corruption.
④Is ________possible to fly to the moon in a spaceship?
⑤It is cruel _______you to say so.
to concentrate
It
for
it
of
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